Display-cabinet.



PATENTED JAN. 28, 1908.

J. M. AUHESON. DISPLAY CABINET. APPLICATION FILED JULY 8. 1907.

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APPLICATION FILED .TULYB. 1907.

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JAMES M. ACHESON, OF PORTLAND, OREGON.

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Toa' ll whom it may concern: .Be-it known that 1, J MES, M. "AOHEsoN, residingat. Portland, in the county ofMult-' rnomahand State. of, Oregon, have invented certainnew andniseful Improvements in Display-Cabinets, of which the following is a specification. I

I My invention relates to thattype of cabinets used in stores for displayin garments, articularlywomen. s and mens c othing and 1t has for its object to provide a cabinet of this character of a .very simple and economicalconstruction adapted for sitting on the floor whereby the garments fmay be readily displayed or taken in and out of theoabinet.

My invention comprehends also the 'eculi'ar correlation of arts hereinafter ful y de 'scribed, specifical y pended claims and il ustrated in theaccomointed out in the "appanying drawings, in which:

Figure 1 1s a perspective view. of a display 'cabinet'embodying my invention, all of the doors being closed. Fig. 2, is a similar view, several of the doors being opened and forming the mirrors for surrounding the customer. Fig. 3, is a vertical, cross sectlon of the cabinet. Fig. 4, is a horizontal section taken on the line 4-4 of Fig. 3.

In'the practical construction my improved cabinet is of hexagonal shape in cross section, although it may be madeup of a less or a greater number of sides.

The base or bottom portion which may be made of wood or light sheet metal, is suitably ornamented or the corners of t e sides that form'- the base rise the corner frames 0. that extend u Wardly and support the solid top member approved manner. Sustained from the top 0 the casing and centrally thereof is a hanger post 0 on the lower end of which is rotatably mounted on a circular rack which consists of the annular rim vd, the radial arms '2 that join the said rim with a tubular sleeve; f, that is mounted on lower end of the 0st 0, said sleeve having a long bearing and as its lower end braced .to the rim (1 by the upwardly diverging brace rods -g, the sald rotatable rack being held on the post by the collar and nut devices 7?. on the lower end of the said. post, as shown.

Instead of mounting the circular rack on a hanger suspended from the top of the cabinet, it is manifest the said rack may be mounted on an upri ht stand, but I prefer to support the said'rac in the hanger smce it is Specification of Letters Patent. Application filed July 8} 1907. -.Serial;1i0. 382.669.

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thereby maintained -in a; fixed central posi- "reason presently explained.

whereby when the doors are .0. ened they will and thus to the wal mirror.

to filLthe same with coats and other garments individually suspended on hangers different priced garments, in lots.

To provide for holding the circular rack to be tried on by the customer and the door is open, so that it is easy to return the gartake out another garment of the same lot,-I form the peripheral face of the rack rim surface' with radial undulations or bevel projections cl preferably inthe nature of a resilient band bent tothe proper shape and secured to the said annular rim d, as shown.

flexible fin er is having a rounded edge adapted when t e door is open to en age the resilient rim member and exert sui clent pressure on the rack to holdit fromtoo easily turning, but not sullicient to revent it bein turned by force when desirerf. The sides 0 the cabinet other than the door sides are transparent so as to display the contents of the cabinet.

Fror the foregoin taken in connection with the drawings, t e'complete structure "and the advantages ofmy invention will be readily ap arent.

i It will e .noticed'that while the cabinet provides for holding the desired garments in position for display, that as soonas the door or doors are opened the customer has the desired mirror surface'surroundin him necessary to enable him to note thc'ilt of the garin opening, the rack is automatically held from a free rotation and held with that pa! ticula'r lot of goods from which the selection is being madeat the 0 en door, it being manitionreletively..-to the cabinet wallsffor. the.

,The sides of the cabinet: are alternately stationary. and movable ones, the movable ones bein inl thetnatuire of hinged idoorsfi, each of w ich has awmirrolf panelv i", on'fihe outside-:an'da mirror panel-t on: the inside fomnmirrors torolose aroun xthe customer prevent the necessity of going over stationary after a garment has been taken off ment to the right place, if necessary, or to,

On each door at the upper edge thereof is a ment being tried on"; while at the same time In using the circular rack, it is customary that are hung upon the circular rack, and in i I assembling the goods it is often desirable toarrange the same styles in .difierent sizes-or fest that the rack ho d-back is not of sufii-. 1

cient 'force to prevent the rack being further rotated without shutting the door or releasing the engagement of the check member from the rack rim since said members are sufiiciently flexible to permit of a further rotation of therack under ressure.

Having thus describe my invention, what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is:

1. In combination with a cabinet having one or more hinged doors, and a clothes rack rotatably mounted in the cabinet, means for engaging with the rack to hold it from freely rotating, said means being automatically set in operation when any of the doors of the cabinet are swung open.

2. In combination with a cabinet having one or more hinged doors, a circular rack 'rotatably mounted in thecabinet, said rack dulations, and a flexible member on each of the doors adapted to en age with the undulated surface of the rac doors are opened.

3. The combination with a cabinet having one or more outwardly swun doors, a 'circular rack suspended from tie top of the cabinet and rotatable on its su port, said rack including an annular rim and a resilient member secured thereto having radial beveled projections and a flexible member on each when any of the door, each having a rounded end for engaging the beveled projections on the rack mm for the purposes specified.

. JAMES M. ACHESON. Witnesses:

W. J. MAKELIM,

J. S. ARMSTRONG. 

